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Monday, January 4, 2016

10+ Things the Raspberry Pi Can Do As a Cheaper Replacement in Industrial Automation

The Raspberry Pi has many Industrial Control Applications and many ways to interface with current Industrial Protocols. I am starting a Raspberry Pi Industrialized Google+ Community to gather people smarter than me to answer questions,give tutorials on Raspberry Pi and PLC interfaces, show present and upcoming raspberry pi hardware, and to show off their cool industrial projects using the Raspberry Pi. Since I'm a python fan here's a list of Ethernet/Serial Based Protocols I've found:

Cheap HMI Screen Replacement.HMI can cost $1000s and since the Raspberry Pi can integrate with several protocols it could be a decent replacement to save some $$$, £££, or €€€ depending on where you live. Of course it may take some knowledge on either HTM5 with websockets or using QT as your front ends.

Serve Sensor Data. Since many of the protocols developed in python, c++, and others include Server or RemoteIO like modes it can serve as a cheap sensor interface to a PLC. Normally a temperature sensor/transmitter either 4-20mA or 0-10v costs $100+ also. (unless you get this PT100 RTD 4-20mA for $8). What's great about the Pi is that is can handle tons of sensors and you can map it out it your programming. Keep in mind that none of these solutions are hardened for the industrial environment (although neither is the Raspberry pi....)